Fortaleza
Fortress of Saint Catherine
🇧🇷 Brasil · siglo XVI
Forte de Santa Catarina is a fort located in Cabedelo, Paraíba in Brazil.
The fort was initially built in 1585 by the german Cristóvão Linz, under orders of Capitão-Mor (captain-major) of the Captaincy of Paraíba, Frutuoso Barbosa.
In August 13, 1597, the fort was burnt by a combined force of French and Potiguara soldiers, as retaliation for French losses elsewhere in the Brazilian northeast.
Texto adaptado de «Forte de Santa Catarina» en la Wikipedia en inglés, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fortress of Saint Catherine ranks #4670 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #30 of the 78 mapped in Brasil. Fundado en 1585, más antiguo que el 39% de los monumentos datados del atlas — uno de los 495 monumentos del atlas fundados en el siglo XVI. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.
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